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paul.the.aviator(at)gmail
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:53 am Post subject: Chasing Fuel Smells

Hello,



Over the years I have chased fuel smells in my Europa.  I think there were 3 things that made the biggest change.



 - Replaced all rubber hoses with Fuel Injection hose

 - Replaced all of the clips with smooth band clamps used for fuel injection hose

  - Replaced the elbow with aluminum.



Despite this I would occasionally get smells which would take forever to find and then I discovered an ultraviolet dye that can be put in the fuel.  By using this I could find the smallest leak with a UV Led torch within 10 minutes.

 

Regards, Paul

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graeme bird

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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:58 am Post subject: Re: Chasing Fuel Smells

that is useful Paul - any info on the dye used tourch, clips and cable would be useful. As a start I could use the dye and Tourch.

I did wonder if there was any sort of carbon canister that could be left in while in the hangar to absorb the fumes.

Or maybe a little dangly Christmas tree hanging from the compass

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paul.the.aviator(at)gmail
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:21 pm Post subject: Chasing Fuel Smells

Hi Graham,



I bought it all on Amazon. The dye was about $25.00 and there is a different type for oil or coolant.  I think the UV torch was about $15.00 and the UV Safety glasses were about $5.00.

 



I doubt if a carbon canister will help much, leaving the door open is about as good as it gets.

Cheers, Paul



On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:58 PM, graeme bird <graeme(at)gdbmk.co.uk (graeme(at)gdbmk.co.uk)> wrote:

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 that is useful Paul - any info on the dye used tourch, clips and cable would be useful. As a start I could use the dye and Tourch.

 I did wonder if there was any sort of carbon canister that could be left in while in the hangar to absorb the fumes.

 Or maybe a little dangly Christmas tree hanging from the compass [b]

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